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	Rushmore (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rushmore is a 1998 movie directed by Wes Anderson, and written by him and Owen Wilson.
		The film was shot in and around Houston, Texas where Wes Anderson grew up and even used his high school alma mater, St.
		The film is about Max Fischer (played by Jason Schwartzman), a 15-year-old whose sole ambition is to indefinitely continue to attend Rushmore Academy, a private school.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rushmore_(movie) (741 words)

	Neil Young's Film Lounge - Rushmore
		Rushmore is an engaging and disarming character study of an engaging and disarming character: Max Fischer, a 16-year-old schoolboy who must rank as one of the most original protagonists in recent American cinema.
		Max is a scholarship pupil at Rushmore, a posh private academy on the outskirts of Houston.
		Rushmore has a look, feel and sound all of its own - Anderson's trademark shot is a near-symmetrical widescreen compositionswith a central figure up close to the camera.
	www.jigsawlounge.co.uk /film/rushmore.html (365 words)

	Rushmore
		Rushmore is basically a yawner, a high school sitcom dressed up to look like something deconstructed.
		The premise on which the intended humor is based is that Max really has learned all the obnoxious ploys of the pushing-to-succeed adult, and he has the routine down to a T. So wheeling and dealing and flmailing and manipulating are all simply hysterical because it's just this precocious teenager acting out.
		Olivia Williams, as a fetching young widow wooed by both Max and Herman, is the only genuinely sympathetic character in the entire film, and that is based more on her personal charm than on anything the writers gave her.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/Rushmore.htm (474 words)

	UGO.com Film/TV - World of Wes: A Wes Anderson Retrospective: Rushmore - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ...
		Certainly, Rushmore's excellence is due in large part to its universally outstanding cast, particularly Jason Schwartzman (who would go on to do nothing, to date, that even comes close to this) in the lead role and Bill Murray (continuing to build his "Bill Murray, Oscar contender" persona) as an eminently sad millionaire.
		Schwartzman plays Max Fischer, a 15 year-old student at the prestigious Rushmore prep school who is failing his classes but running or taking part in every extracurricular activity known to man. Into Max's life comes Rosemary Cross, a pretty young teacher whose husband is dead, and on whom Max develops the world's biggest crush.
		Rushmore is a modern cinema classic and if you don't think so, well, you have no soul.
	www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/thelifeaquatic/wesretro_3.asp (452 words)

	AboutFilm.com - Rushmore (1998)
		In the course of the film, he's expelled from the womb of his surrogate mother, his school Rushmore, and weans himself of the narcissism that accompanies a teenage know-it-all.
		Though at times this strains reality, it's no less real than the countless films we've seen where generational solidarity is accepted as the norm, and characters are assumed to think a certain way because they were born in a certain year.
		Max is thus able to befriend Rushmore alum Herman Blume (played gracefully by Bill Murray in a performance that is worthy of Buster Keaton), conduct pow-wows with the school's dean, and attempt to romance 1st-grade teacher Miss Cross (Olivia Williams).
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/r/rushmore-b.htm (1112 words)

	Review:Rushmore
		A film that honestly tries to be funny and misses is something I can accept, but Rushmore is one of those films that seems to have an ego.
		It adds to the sort of dark fairy tale tone of the film, which is supplimented by curtains that mark time frames in the film, month by month, which open to reveal new events.
		That's all missing from "Rushmore", a film that has a few quick laughs but not enough, in my opinion, to pull viewers through the 90 minute film which, to me, felt like more along the lines of three hours.
	www.angelfire.com /il/currentfilm/rushmore.html (661 words)

	RUSHMORE
		This is a brilliantly acted and written film that will probably not get the attention it deserves because it's humor is not of the bathroom variety.
		A teen with an active imagination for whom Rushmore, the private school he attends, is his life.
		RUSHMORE is an unusual movie with strong themes and even stronger performances.
	crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsR/f_rushmore.html (968 words)

	Rushmore
		Rushmore is usually deadly unfunny, but it does mock authority figures, and it does so from the mouth of a student who considers himself brilliant and worthwhile, but is not adequately appreciated by the powers-that-be because he doesn't crack the books.
		There is no major character in the entire film who behaves as an identifiable human, the minor characters don't respond to our hero as they would in real life, and even the crowd reactions bear no resemblance to what would really happen as a response to the events portrayed.
		Films under five are generally awful even if you like that kind of film, equivalent to about one and a half stars from the critics or less, depending on just how far below five the rating is.
	www.scoopy.com /rushmore.htm (1269 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Rushmore
		Max, with his bushy eyebrows and imposing glasses, loves his school beyond reason and is Rushmore’s number one go-getter—editor of the school paper, president of the French club, organizer of the calligraphic society, proud member of the wrestling team.
		Rushmore is also about class divisions—Max, the son of the local barber (Seymour Cassel), is attending the exclusive school on a scholarship—but Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson, more wishful thinkers than Twain, use comedy to imagine the healing of those divisions, the reweaving of relationships across the lines of class and generation.
		Rushmore has some strongly autobiographical elements: it was shot at St. John’s, the Houston prep school that Anderson attended (he later went to the University of Texas at Austin, with future collaborator Wilson).
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=65&eid=78§ion=essay (629 words)

	LIGHT VIEWS FILM REVIEW: RUSHMORE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Even though "Rushmore" is set in the present, the film has the feel of old school.
		The characters in "Rushmore" are so vividly drawn that they instantly grab you from their first introduction.
		Max is at Rushmore on a scholarship, but instead of using his brains to excel at schoolwork, Max immerses himself in every extracurricular activity on campus.
	www.lightviews.com /rushmore.htm (905 words)

	DVD Review: Rushmore: Criterion Collection
		When I first saw the film in theaters when it was released, I hated it and was dissapointed, expecting something different from the director of "Bottle Rocket", which I enjoyed immensely.
		The film stars newcomer Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer, a young student at Rushmore academy who you would think is a star student: he's started nearly every school club and is involved in almost every action that changes the school.
		Storyboards: There is a split-screen film to storyboard comparison for one of the film's scenes, as well as basic storyboards for 5 other scenes that were done by director Wes Anderson for the movie.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews/rushmorecriteriondvd.html (1396 words)

	AboutFilm.Com - Rushmore (1998)
		Max is a student at the Rushmore Academy, where he coordinates a bevy of bizarre extracurricular activities, but fails to devote any time to his studies.
		Rushmore repeatedly flirts with becoming an all-out madcap farce, but always pulls back, as if to say, "No, wait, this isn't that kind of movie; this is an intelligent film." At the same time, Rushmore tries to be a serious exploration of the pitfalls of adolescence.
		Rushmore unsuccessfully tries to meld highbrow satire and lowbrow farce, but it comes across too exaggerated for one and not exaggerated enough for the other.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/r/rushmore.htm (633 words)

	Rushmore (1999): Reviews
		One of the most original, good-hearted comedies in a long time, Rushmore is the sort of movie where the strangest sequences of discords somehow keep managing to reach giddily improbable resolutions.
		This film is the product of artists working at the peak of their powers.
		Rushmore is one of those films that's so inconsequential that its memory threatens to fade away before the end credits have finished rolling.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/rushmore (890 words)

	Willamette Week\| Screen Review
		Rushmore is named for the posh prep-school academy that the film's main character, 15-year-old Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), attends with an enthusiasm that borders on pathological.
		Without the film's two compelling leads, Rushmore just wouldn't be the film it is. Newcomer Schwartzman is the most unique teen actor ever to hit the screen, and he fills the movie with a geeky glory that never grows precious or tiresome.
		Rushmore is a tonic, as Duck Soup was to Woody Allen's character in Hannah and Her Sisters.
	www.wweek.com /html/screen020399.html (834 words)

	DVD Review - Rushmore CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Rushmore" is one of the best comedies that I’ve seen in years (for more gushing and a full plot synopsis, please see my full review for the Touchstone DVD release of the film), so I was delighted to hear that the Criterion Collection had been authorized to do a special edition of the film.
		Max attends the elitist Rushmore academy, where he is a member of every club and is failing every class.
		"Rushmore" is presented in an anamorphic widescreen and is letterboxed at 2.35:1.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/rushmore_ce.shtml (789 words)

	Rushmore - Movie Review
		Rushmore is a prestigious private school in Nowhere, U.S.A. (actually Houston and Dallas, Texas), where its most vocal student, Max (Schwartzman), is also its worst academically.
		Rushmore the movie follows Max in his travails at school, where he falls hopelessly in love with teacher Miss Cross (Williams, straight from The Postman and a haircut).
		Rushmore is a truly American film that deserves to be seen by many, many people.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/rushmore (358 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Rushmore
		Because it is a flawless film--the best film of 1998 and one of the best films of all-time, a brilliant motion picture about love, friendship, and self-esteem.
		"Rushmore" was written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson (yeah, the crooked nosed guy) and features such witty dialogue and cynicism, it could possibly be one of the best screenplays of the past decade.
		This is truly one of the greatest film accomplishments of the past few years, and maybe later on down the road, it will receive the respect that it deserves.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/rushmore.html (491 words)

	Rushmore
		Rushmore is first and foremost a coming of age story, one told with subtlety and grace.
		Max's love of Rushmore is projected onto her and his pursuit proves to be his first and most heart wrenching failure.
		The film is accompanied by the rebellious music of the 60's and 70's, songs plucked from The Who, The Rolling Stones, and The Kinks catalog.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/Rushmore/Rushmore.html (1039 words)

	Youth on the go: Rushmore, a film directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Owen Wilson
		Rushmore suggests a place for American heroes in a hurry.* Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), whose own name conjures up a Nobel Prize-winning physicist or a precocious chess champion, attends Rushmore, a private school somewhere in America.
		He's at Rushmore on a scholarship; his father is a barber, although Max tells everyone he's a brain surgeon.
		At times the film grows self-consciously quirky and it raises some tricky problems that the filmmakers are perhaps ill-equipped to treat, but as a whole, it is a delight.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/feb1999/rush-f09.shtml (864 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: Rushmore (1998)
		With his sophomore effort, "Rushmore," Anderson has finally lived up to his full potential, also due to the absolutely wonderfully-written screenplay by Anderson and Owen Wilson, which does not take the easy route by setting up a simple, clear-cut story, but instead lets the characters and their predicaments naturally flow.
		How the performances, writing, and film itself could be snubbed by the Oscars is beyond me, but I suspect that "Rushmore" was too offbeat and intelligent of a film for those members obsessed with war movies and those set in the Elizabethan era.
		In a twist of the usual film that starts off promisingly, only to crash-and-burn in its climax, "Rushmore" progressively got better and better, and emotionally more deep and touching, that by the picture's magnificent and entirely satisfying ending I had absolutely fallen in love with the film.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/r/98_rushmore.htm (529 words)

	Montreal Film Journal
		Max Fischer's life is centered around Rushmore, one of the best private schools in the country.
		In a way, this is a film about a high school kid discovering love, but the treatment is so unusual that it would be unfair to describe it that restrictively.
		This is still a film not to be missed if you're tired of conventionality.
	www.montrealfilmjournal.com /review.asp?R=R0000474 (421 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Rushmore"
		This film has wit up its ying-yang, a tremendous soundtrack that goes perfectly with the fl humorous tone of the flick, and a script that always has you wanting to see and know more.
		However, Rushmore is on a whole other level as far as comedy goes.
		RUSHMORE is a comedy and a coming of age story that gets people laughing and nodding their head IF they grew up with even a modicum of imagination and retain a memory of what childhood was like -- qualities "Anonymous" doesn't seem to enjoy.
	www.joblo.com /rushmore.htm (3108 words)

	Rushmore Movie Review by Anthony Leong
		Though this quirky and dark film is meant to be subversive and funny, it fails miserably in execution, resulting in a ninety-minute excursion about nothing.
		To the outside observer, this uneven film is hardly endearing and rarely amusing, and at times it seems director Wes Anderson (who made his mark with his debut feature "Bottle Rocket") is arrogantly indulging himself with the use of visual gimmicks and whimsical plotting.
		I'm sure at the time of the film's conception that the bizarre on-screen antics made perfect sense to Anderson and his co-writer Owen Wilson-- it would have been nice if they had let the audience in on the joke from time-to-time.
	members.aol.com /aleong1631/rushmore.html (669 words)

	'Rushmore': Skewed School Days
		The film opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles for one week of screenings, to qualify for consideration in the Oscar nominations.
		While the film embroils Max and the mogul in pursuit of the same beautiful teacher (Olivia Williams), it's a particular treat for its skewed, hilarious memories of a cutthroat boyhood.
		Williams' only other theatrical film credit is appearing opposite Kevin Costner in "The Postman," this amounts to her feature debut.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/121198rushmore-film-review.html (375 words)

	GHOSTBUSTERS (COLLECTOR'S SERIES) & RUSHMORE - DVDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The original is a sentimental favourite of mine; I must have indulged in the film and its soundtrack (on audio cassette!) at least a few dozen times apiece between 1984 and 1989.
		In the film's opening scene, Max (Jason Schwartzman), a veteran student of Rushmore Academy, awakens from a particularly self-aggrandizing dream while a school assembly is unspooling before him.
		The film's 5.1 track has been faithfully reproduced for home theatre; music sounds better here than it does on the soundtrack CD, which is also worth owning.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/ghostrush.htm (1880 words)

	Hour.ca - Film - Movie details - Rushmore
		Anyway, Rushmore is an annoying movie that might give you a migraine and give your bowels the urge to start moving.
		Rushmore was one of the strangest teen comedies that I have ever watched and the plot made no sense to me. I have seen tons of great teen comedies in my life but Rushmore takes the cake at being one of the worst teen films of all time.
		The whole film is catastrophe in the making and I would not recommend that you watch this film in your lifetime.
	www.hour.ca /film/movie.aspx?iIDFilm=1195 (393 words)

	Harmonium » Archive » Music and the Moving Picture: Rushmore
		Whether it’s a film that uses previously recorded material, a film that mixes previously recorded material with original work or a film with completely original music, music has been an integral part of cinema since its inception.
		Since film music has such a strong connection to the film in which it is used, it’s important not only to judge how well a soundtrack stands up on its own but, perhaps more importantly, how the music affects the viewing experience.
		Mark Mothersbaugh’s scholarly original scoring is peppered throughout the film as well and although these pieces aren’t engaging enough to be listened to on their own they do work in nice juxtaposition with the other music.
	www.harmoniummusic.com /2006/05/29/music-and-the-moving-picture-rushmore (1254 words)

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